Legacy of the Moon

Arc I: Forbidden End

Chapter 8: Separated in the Sands

Warning: NSFW scene!

Both of these Arrancar were trying to put her hands on their penis while she was trying her best to keep her hands away from them. "She is not ready to even touch us, put your dick in her mouth and awaken the whore inside of her," The Arrancar who was holding her legs said to the main one. "Even I was thinking the same but before that let me taste her thick and juicy lips at once," The main Arrancar replied and then he forcibly tilted her face upward by pulling her hair and slowly brought his lips closer to her mouth. However, before his tongue could have tasted her lips, all of them including Halibel got shocked upon sensing an immensely powerful spiritual pressure.

NSFW scene ended.

"It's him!" Halibel whispered to herself with her eyes widened with amazement as well as with hope.

It was indeed Sesshomaru in his light orb form. The next moment he landed right behind the main Arrancar and before that Hollow could have even reacted, he felt a tight grip of Daiyokai's energy whip around his neck. Sesshomaru pulled that Arrancar away from her while those who were holding her, left her immediately as their focus was shifted to the silver-haired Demon. For a few moments, he observed everyone including Halibel then asked the main Arrancar in his usual cold tone, "where is my Tensaiga?"

"There is no sword here; get lost you foo… aakk!" That Arrancar answered in his usual arrogant tone but couldn't complete his line. "Those who don't have the answer… can die," Sesshomaru spoke while pulling his energy whip back, decapitating the Arrancar in the process.

"He was an idiot but I do not want to die and let this Vasto Lorde slip away from our grasp… I will tell him about his sword," One of the Arrancar spoke to the remaining two while they also seemed to be agreed with his decision. "Hey demon, three from our group have taken your sword in that direction a few minutes ago, you should proceed quickly, they shouldn't have reached too far," That Arrancar muttered while pointing in the right direction. Sesshomaru listened to his words and began to stare at them while Halibel was also wondering if he will save her or not. "Leave us alone with her and you will get your sword," Another Arrancar muttered to him.

Suddenly Sesshomaru approached one of them and grabbed his head while using the poison claw technique due to which he died a horrible and painful death as his head slowly melted and eventually disappeared. Sesshomaru's this act not only shocked the remaining two Arrancar but Halibel as well. She started to think if he was prioritizing her more than the sword for which he had traveled all the way to the Hueco Mundo. The remaining two Arrancar tried to run for their lives but both of them were eventually hunted down by Sesshomaru. However, his right arm got slightly injured in the process. After the corpses of all the Arrancar disintegrated into the air, he tore off the right sleeve of his kimono in order to observe his injury while Halibel walked up to him and spoke in a low voice, "thank you… for staying here and saving me even though they told you about your sword." Sesshomaru turned around and replied in his usual cold tone, "I didn't leave to retrieve my sword because I chose not to believe in the words of a Hollow," She stared at his face for a moment and said further, "that Arrancar was speaking the truth, three of them really left along with your sword in that direction."

All of a sudden, Sesshomaru noticed that the fragment of Halibel's Hollow Mask was missing from his Kimono. He looked here and there and found it lying on the ground. She realized what he was looking for and she picked it up from the ground. "I want it, give it to me," he walked close to her and demanded. For some reason, she couldn't help but smiled slightly as if the presence of Sesshomaru had made her forget about the traumatic incident completely that she had suffered a few minutes back. "What's so funny?" He asked in a serious tone. "You can keep it if you want my Hollow Mask remnant so desperately," she spoke as she offered him that piece of her Mask remnant while smiling continuously. Sesshomaru put it back in his kimono with a slight annoyance visible on his face since he was under the impression that she was probably making fun of him.

"Don't worry, I will no longer run away from you but there's something I wish to say and you will have to listen," She seriously said to him. "Hmm…" he responded. "I know where they have taken your sword. It is the Negal Ruins, the lowermost and most dangerous section of the Hueco Mundo. Coincidentally, it is the same place where they are keeping my comrades. We have to work together only then we can hope to get successful. I know the path to that secret place in the Negal Ruins but I do not have enough power to defeat all the Hollows I most likely confront there. However, you may not know about the location of that place but you can put aside all the Hollows in our path," Halibel told him in the manner of seeking his help. "But…" Sesshomaru tried to say something but couldn't as she interfered before he could have said anything. "Please, believe me… help me in saving my comrades and you will get your sword as well." At first, Sesshomaru thought about what she said and then he replied. "Alright, then but you better try to keep up, I am quite fast."

The moment he turned around in order to fly toward the Negal Ruins, he noticed that she was barely able to walk because of the pain and injuries she sustained. "How much time do you need for the recovery?" He asked without looking towards her. "We have got a pretty long way to go. I will get recovered before we will reach there," She answered. "Hmm… for now, you can hold my mokomoko while I will fly swiftly towards our destination. "I will have to keep track of the path attentively in order to find that place. I won't be able to see everywhere while hanging to your mokomoko like this," She said with slight hesitation. Sesshomaru looked towards her as he was really annoyed after what she just said, it almost made her chuckle but she chose not to. "Fine then, you can get on my back." He replied with slight frustration without looking towards her. She then grabbed his shoulders and leaned on his back as he began to fly towards the Negal Ruins.

The Urahara Shop, World of the Living…

Urahara and Yoruichi were discussing the ongoing matter with each other in order to make strategies to avoid the clash with the Soul Society while Tessai, Ururu, and Jinta were busy in the shop's work as usual. Suddenly a Senkai Gate appeared right in front of their shop and a Captain-level Shinigami stepped out of it. He swiftly headed towards that room of the shop where Urahara and Yoruichi were making plans. "Oh! Welcome… Shiba-san!" Urahara greeted Isshin as he entered the room. "It's good that you came here Isshin, we wanted to talk to you about several important things," Yoruichi spoke to him as well. "Even I wanted to have a word with both of you," he replied to them in a serious manner.

"What is it, Shiba-san?" Urahara asked him. "You are looking serious," Yoruichi muttered. "What was the need of attacking the Shinigami team while they were on the mission to exterminate that alien?" Isshin asked both of them. "He is not a bad guy, Isshin. We have talked to him and he told us that he is only looking for his sword which some Hollows stole from his world," she answered him. "Plus, it seems that the Head Captain wants to hide his identity from everyone and finish this matter as soon as possible. That's why I have decided to know the truth about him," Urahara spoke as well.

"Hmm… if that's the case then I have bad news for you two, Head Captain is not at all in a good mood lately," Isshin said while looking down. "I think we should sneak into the Soul Society in order to investigate Demons and also to fix my sword," Urahara muttered. "WHAT? You are going to sneak into the Soul Society at such times?" Isshin asked shockingly. "Yes, what's wrong with that? What do you mean by such times?" Urahara counter-questioned in a normal tone. "You won't believe how serious Head Captain is about this matter. He has suspended those 10 Shinigamis, stripped them of their Zanpakuto, and banned their use of Kido. Moreover, there is hardly any Captain present in the Soul Society due to which every spot of the Soul Society is under surveillance by a large number of patrolling guards. There are strict orders for everyone that nobody would leave the Soul Society without any serious cause," Isshin explained the present situation to both of them.

"Then how did you manage to come here?" Yoruichi asked Isshin, curiously. "I made it here by sending multiple applications full of lame excuses to Squad 12 Captain," Isshin answered with a smile. "Why did you send the applications to Kurotsuchi?" Urahara asked doubtfully. "It is because Kurotsuchi is the Captain in charge of this demon case. It was also the instruction of the Head Captain." Isshin replied to him. "I see... then it seems like it is the perfect time for us to sneak into the Soul Society," Urahara spoke with a serious smile on his face. "You are terribly miscalculating this time, Urahara. Infiltrating the Soul Society at such times will be considered as a full-fledged war against it." Isshin replied to him anxiously. "Only if we get caught, isn't it?" Urahara replied while winking with a smile on his face. "You have to admit that Kisuke has a point," Yoruichi spoke in Urahara's support while leaning her back down against the wall and getting in a relaxed pose. "Huh! You know… I can feel that you guys are going to get me fired from the Soul Society this time," Isshin replied while sighing and then all of them laughed and began to discuss the strategy to enter the Soul Society.

Negal Ruins, Hueco Mundo…

Two days had passed but Sesshomaru and Halibel were still traveling through the sands of the Negal Ruins in a hope of finding the hideout of those wicked Arrancar. All of her injuries got healed by now and she was battle-ready but her Hollow Mask Remnants hardly grew even a centimeter. Sesshomaru had carried her on his back for around more than a day and during this time they had some conversations which weren't entirely friendly but at least now they had some basic details about each other.

"Why we haven't found anything yet?" Sesshomaru asked her who was walking right behind him at the distance of a few steps away. "Don't worry, have patience, I am sure we are heading in the right direction," She replied normally. "You haven't told me that on what basis you said that you know about their hideout?" He asked her further. "I can't explain this to you… but I just know," She replied while pondering over the random images which were popping up in her mind. "If you are referring to your intuition then it would be foolish of me to allow you to guide me any further," Sesshomaru muttered in a disappointing tone. "Why is it that you think that everyone must act according to you?... You are accompanying me because you want your sword, isn't it? But it is a matter of the lives of my comrades and they are my family… do you really think I would be this stupid that I would rely on something like intuition in such a critical situation?" Halibel answered upon getting slightly furious by his words while he didn't respond to her any further. Now she started to think that even though he saved her from getting raped by those Arrancar but still how immensely egoistic and self-centered he is.

Suddenly both of them sensed as if something was swiftly approaching them while the next moment the sand in a large area began to rise to a great height, taking the form of a gigantic humanoid Hollow made up of sand. "What kind of Hollow is that?" Halibel spoke while wondering skeptically. "We do not have time to study our enemies we must defeat them as soon as appear," Sesshomaru replied while swiftly rushing towards that gigantic Hollow. The Sand Hollow tried to crush him with his huge punches but Sesshomaru dodged all of them and attacked with his poison claw technique upon reaching close to the Hollow's face. The next moment, he sliced the Sand Hollow in half from his head to his Hollow hole and landed right behind him. The Sand Hollow became motionless while Halibel was surprised to see that he killed such a powerful Hollow in a single blow. Suddenly Sesshomaru felt as if his feet got stuck in the ground and the next moment, the sand around him began to rise, eventually trapping him inside the gigantic humanoid body of sand. The Sand Hollow's voice echoed, "Ha Ha Ha Ha… I can use all the sand of Hueco Mundo as my body though I am surprised that you destroyed one of my bodies so easily. Your poison sure is deadly but don't worry, I won't give you another chance."

Now the first body of that Sand Hollow got scattered like a pile of sand while the mouth of his second body extended up to his belly as he was about to shoot a powerful Cero on Halibel. On the other hand, she also charged her spirit energy in order to fire a devastating Cero. Both of them shot their respective Ceros toward each other and they collided in the mid-air. It seemed that Halibel's Cero was able to overpower his right from the beginning. When the collision of the Ceros shifted quite close to that Sand Hollow, he shot Cero beams from both of his hands into that collision and stopped it from shifting further towards him. Now it was Halibel whose Cero was getting overpowered but before she could have fallen into any trouble, Sesshomaru's release of demonic energy tore open the body of the Sand Hollow from below which weakened his Ceros to a significant extent. Now Halibel's Cero reached his head after deflecting his three Cero beams while Sesshomaru's release of demonic energy also reached his head while tearing through his body. His head got exploded followed by his body when Halibel's Cero combined with Sesshomaru's demonic energy inside his head.

"Are you alright?" She asked while walking towards him. "Such beings can't hurt me so do not waste time worrying about me," She curled her lips upon listening to his words as she found them displeasing. "Though you have… ah..defeated me.. ye..yet you two won't ge..get away with it," The Sand Hollow's voice echoed in the surroundings.

Suddenly a powerful blast of spirit energy beneath the sand blew both Sesshomaru and Halibel high in the air and the next moment they got trapped in an immensely powerful cyclone due to which an unbelievably large quantity of sand began to swirl in the air. Soon enough both of them not only got buried inside the sand but also trapped in the force of that cyclone which was carrying that sand with it. "Tia! Where are you?" Sesshomaru shouted while he was trapped in the sand movements. "I am right here," Halibel replied in a loud voice. "Hold my hand," she added.

Both of them were desperately trying to reach close to each other by overcoming the force of those powerful winds. It proved to be immensely tough for them to arrive close but they somehow made it. However, the moment their fingers touched each other's and they were about to hold each other's hand, the cyclone vanished with a powerful blast, blowing them far away from each other.

Karakura Town, World of the Living…

An unthinkable level of chaos was slowly approaching Karakura town because Jaken had already reached the present World of the Living along with Royakan and an army of around a hundred Yokai. After coming out of the Bone Eater's well at Kagome's house's storeroom, Royakan immediately spread several three-eyed wolves in all directions and it didn't take them long to find out that Sesshomaru's last location was in Karakura Town.

Upon sensing the spiritual pressure of such a large number of demons, almost all the Hollows hiding in the Karakura town began to get attracted towards them. Within a few hours, almost the entire Karakura town was in chaos due to a fierce clash between the Yokai and the Hollows. Humans were running here and there recklessly to save their lives from the sudden collapse of buildings, roads, bridges, and the crash of things such as poles and vehicles. Several areas were caught in flames due to the explosions of gas pipelines and filling stations. It didn't take long before the news of a massive earthquake got circulated in the entire city. Within the course of a few minutes, the entire city seemed as if it was in a severe state of emergency and getting ravaged by a very powerful but invisible force.

To be continued…

Trivia:

In this Chapter, Urahara addressed Isshin as 'Shiba-san' and not 'Kurosaki-san' it is because the events of my story are plotted several years before Isshin met Masaki. However, their conversation implies that Isshin was already a close friend of both Urahara and Yoruichi.